Stop and smell the daffodils.

Today's Tids Issue 3,845

For Spring Fever:

People are just wandering; aimlessly strolling, hiking, biking, staring at a cloud, adrift; mindless, entranced by the ripples in small stream.  A Stephen King novel? Or just curiosity in a new atmosphere, feeling the arousal of the new days of the earth reborn. Some just stop their cars to meander through narrow paths lined with dead vines and reeds in winter’s last grasp down to oceans edge to sense the life in cold seas adapting to the warming sun, Nature rushes to life while people slow, to devour the rush. Adolescent grass now energetic bright green; red hues in forests and glades that surround. Acres of the first flowers in fields, always shades of robust yellows, taking bows before the violet pains the scene. Is there anything more hypnotic than the world bursting into color after winters greying sleep. We have seen it all before, every year; yet every year it is a wonderment.

In case you missed it, The New York Times just hired their third conservative columnist in the last month – Bret Stephens a conservative Anti-Trumper from the WSJ. The other two are David Brooks from the Weekly Standard and Ross Douthat from the Atlantic Monthly.. You’d like to think that the typically anti repub, left leaning grey old lady is being sorry for being so biased, but it is just a case of business survival beating out ideologies.

Did you see where The Obamas’ are vacationing on music mogul David Geffin’s mega yacht in the South Pacific – along with yes-men Tom Hanks, Bruce Springsteen and Oprah Winfrey. There is no truth to the rumor that Trump is moving the Carl Vinson carrier group away from Korea down to those warmer climes of Tahiti. There are just to many enemies in this world, and not enough carrier groups.

The Question:

Who was the president when the White House Easter Egg Roll was inaugurated?

The Headlines:

--Britain’s PM May Shocks Empire; Calls For Snap Election On June 8; PM Looking For Larger Mandate, Easing Chaos In Parliament..

--Euro Markets In Jumble After May Announcement; US Dropping After Godman and J&J Disappoint. US Shale Output Expected To surge.

--Netfliix Set to Announce 100,000,000 Global Subscribers.

---US Political Eyes On Georgia Election To Replace Price In Congress.

--Facebook Killer Who Promised More Deaths Shot By Pennsylvania State Police In Erie Area McDonald’s..

The Voice is getting serious, but I am quite furious at making voting spontaneous, and curious if quick vote gets us winners spurious. Now I’m not quite delirious, but I liked it when it was more mysterious. In other words. How am I going to predict winners, when we already had them last nigth. I guess all I can do now is comment on whether or not the best people won.  I think for the most part they did, especially on Alicia’s team. There was no question my mind that her three that stayed, Chris Blue, Vanessa Ferguson and Stephanie Rice were far better than the three who went home. Now for Blake, I would have loved to see Casi Joy, a powerful country singer, to carry on. In think what upset the plan in Blake’s head was the young singer Altyah Moulden being voted in. But she was outstanding last night. Laruen Duski was other people fave, and I love her too. Blake then picked TSoul over Joy which was a bit of a surprise, but he is a performer’s performer who gives Blake area outside of the country audience. But, the absence of Joy is making me sad. I thought Rice was amazing and just ahead of Blue and Ferguson as the best of the night, and I always like Duski. BTW, If you remember the color of the costumes of Alicia’s two lady winners, she had Red White and Blue win! So, all in all it was not totally injurious.

If the Dems win in Georgia expect a continuation of harassment on the streets for the enxt four years. The progressive side of the Democrat party feel emboldened, and will be more so with a supposed upset victory; they are perfectly happy and quite adept at being pains in the rear ends.

The big smart phone manufacturers keep on touting thinner and thinner phones. Then they recommend a protective case which makes them appear as fat as ever.

Whiole, we in New England were celebrating Patriots Day yesterday, out in Cleveland it was he traditional “Dyngus Day”

Ambulance chasing personal injury lawyers love to dump on big business, but without them there would be no pots of gold to fund their class action businesses, and bank accounts. And that goes for the Elizabeth Warren/Bernie crowd who need the continuity of a fat economy to continue the give-away programs. Hate the capitalist, but hate more the moment they die.

The Answer:

It was 1878, and Rutherford B. Hayes was president. It is one of the oldest White House traditions.

Stop, don’t move another god dammed inch. Bend over, pick a daffodil waiving April winds, smell it, and break out into a ridiculous wide, rapturous smile. Aaaaaaah! See you tomorrow.